EU8C. Stay Current—Energy for Heating and Cooling

Staying current for Chapter 8 See non-chronological resources (bottom of page) { Energy Use Contents } 2024-03-15. Three-dimensional printing of wood. [https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adk3250] By MD SHAJEDUL HOQUE THAKUR, CHEN SHI, LOGAN T. KEARNEY, M. A. S. R. SAADI, MATTHEW D. MEYER, AMIT K. NASKAR, PULICKEL M. AJAYAN, AND MUHAMMAD M. RAHMAN, Science Advances. Abstract: Natural wood has served as a foundational material for buildings, furniture, and architectural structures for millennia, typically shaped through […]

EU7C. Stay Current—Energy for Lighting

Staying current for Chapter 7 { Energy Use Contents } EARTHLIGHT AT NIGHT – shows the whole planet at night and illustrates interesting urban and transportation patterns as illuminated by human-made lights: the scarcity of lights for North vs. South Korea, the ribbon of lights along the Nile, the township and range of the U.S. high plains […]

EU6C. Stay Current—Energy in Society

Staying current for Chapter 6 See non-chronological resources (bottom of this page) { Energy Use Contents } 2023-01-06. Scientists may have found magic ingredient behind ancient Rome’s self-healing concrete. [https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-may-have-found-magic-ingredient-behind-ancient-romes-self-healing-concrete] By Jacklin Kwan, Science. Excerpt: …when the researchers tried to make their own Roman concrete in the lab with quicklime, they ended up with material that was […]

EU5C. Stay Current—America Plugged In

Staying current for Chapter 5 See non-chronological resources (bottom of this page) { Energy Use Contents } 2023-10-17. Lack of ambition and attention risks making electricity grids the weak link in clean energy transitions. [https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-grids-and-secure-energy-transitions] By International Energy Agency (IEA). Excerpt: First-of-its-kind global study finds the world must add or replace 80 million km of grids by […]

EU4C. Stay Current—Field Trip to a Power Plant

Staying current for Chapter 4 See non-chronological resources Articles from:{2015–2021}-{2009–2014}-{2002–2008} { Energy Use Contents } 2023-11-12. U.S. Bets on Small Nuclear Reactors to Help Fix a Huge Climate Problem. [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/12/climate/nuclear-reactors-clean-energy.html] By Brad Plumer and Ivan Penn, The New York Times. Excerpt: Towering over the Savannah River in Georgia, the first nuclear reactors built from scratch in the […]

EU4C. 2009–2014 Field Trip to a Power Plant

Staying current for Chapter 4 Articles from 2009–2014 Stay current index page for chapter 4 { Energy Use Contents } 2014-06-02. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Announces Clean Power Plan. On June 2, 2014, the EPA proposed the Clean Power Plan to cut carbon emissions from existing power plants. Under President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, EPA is proposing commonsense […]

EU4C. 2002–2008 Field Trip to a Power Plant

Staying current for Chapter 4 Articles from 2002–2008 Stay current index page for chapter 4 { Energy Use Contents } 2008 2008 December 25. Solar Meets Polar as Winter Curbs Clean Energy. By Kate Galbraith. Excerpt: Old Man Winter, it turns out, is no friend of renewable energy.This time of year, wind turbine blades ice up, biodiesel congeals in […]

EU3C. 2008–2014 Fossil Fuels

Staying current for Chapter 3 Articles from 2008–2014 Stay current index page for Chapter 3 { Energy Use Contents } 2014-10-10. Satellite sees hot spot of methane in US Southwest.  Excerpt: A surprising hot spot of the potent global-warming gas methane hovers over part of the southwestern U.S., according to satellite data. …The higher level of […]

EU3C. 2001–2007 Fossil Fuels

Staying current for Chapter 3 Articles from 2001–2007 Stay current index page for Chapter 3 { Energy Use Contents } 2007 9 October 2007. A Quest for Energy in the Globe’s Remote Places. By JAD MOUAWAD, NY Times. Excerpt: HAMMERFEST, Norway – For a quarter-century, energy executives were tantalized by vast quantities of natural gas in one […]

EU2C. Stay Current—Energy Basics

Staying current for Chapter 2 { Energy Use Contents } 2014-06-02. Berkeley Lab Study Highlights Growing Energy Impact of Internet Video Streaming. Excerpt: How much CO2 was emitted when you streamed that movie from Netflix last night? It’s a question few people think about, but now researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory …have analyzed the energy usage […]